Curriculum Vitae
My formal education includes a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia, a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and Professional Engineer licenses from New York, Maryland, and California (California Professional Engineer License E5897).
My professional societies include Sigma Xi, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), San Diego Forensic Consultants Association (SDFCA), American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), and, when working in those fields, American Rocket Society [now American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)], and Robot Institute.
Before becoming an expert witness I worked as an employed engineer in both small and large companies, as an entrepreneur (Numerical Control Corp., Devonics, Inc., Typagraph Corp., Mobot Corp., L. J. Kamm Co.), as a teacher and author in design theory and practice, and as a consulting engineer, inventor, and author.
Publication or presentation of seven books, 27 technical papers, many tutorials, and much trade literature and lectures at three universities and several companies. A regular column in Electronic Design and frequent tutorials in Chipcenter.com. A lecture series on "Energy" at UCSD. Consulted by the National Academy of Science to evaluate grant proposals.
Lectured at the University of California San Diego on: Energy, Man- In-Space, and the Challenger Disaster and gave a course based on my book, "Real-World Engineering."
I practice as a consultant and expert witness in the analysis of electrical and mechanical accidents.
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